It's not really all that flame-tastic, but Janet has a nice post on the women in science thing, taking off from yesterday's post, and my comment that I don't really have the energy to wage a "women in science" flamewar at the moment. If you do have the energy, head over to Janet's blog. But read her post before getting too fired up, because she makes some interesting points about nerd culture and gender issues.
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